East Fifth Street Missionary Baptist Church

The community around East Fifth Street Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
• Poverty Rate: 30.1% (20.5–39.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 28.4%
• Obesity: 43.8%
• Social Isolation: 38.4%
• Child Poverty: 36.0% (21.3–52.4%)
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (7.3–19.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Corinth city is served by 41 churches — about one congregation for every 325 residents.

Churches near East Fifth Street Missionary Baptist Church

• East Corinth Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Covenant Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Tate Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• North Side Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
• Calvary Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
• Pinecrest Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Saint James the Less Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
• Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away